The United States v. William G. Shackleford
Supreme Court of the United States
This casé came up from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, on* a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. The point of difference was thus stated.. Statement of point of disagreement. The statement of the point upon which the disagreement of the judges happened having been made, is in these words :— Question of difference.
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This casé came up from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky, on* a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. The point of difference was thus stated.. Statement of point of disagreement. The statement of the point upon which the disagreement of the judges happened having been made, is in these words :— Question of difference. In the progress of the trial of this cause, and, after the jury-had been in part selected, and other jurors were presented to the prisoner, he peremptorily challenged . one of them, when the question arose, whether the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This case comes up on a certificate of a division of opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kentucky.
The prisoner was indicted for a misdemeanor in wrongfully deserting the mails of the United States, before delivering them to the proper officer or agent, he being a mail carrier at the time, and, as such, having.the mails in charge. (§ 21 of act of cong., 3d March, 1825; 4 Stats, at Large, 107.)
A question arose, in impanelling the jury, whether the prisoner was entitled to a peremptory challenge of one or more jurors, upon which the judges…
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